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And so it begins. The never ending chore of summer lawn care, that is. How can it be that the entire hill had to be mowed this past weekend and we’ve not yet had the first full week of March. How could it be?

Plus, mind you, the yard at the Reservoir house, where our daughter lives, also needed attention. How could it possibly be?

"What was that," I remember asking the first time as a child I heard the noise from the woods out back of the house. “It’s a panther screaming,” someone — my dad, or my grandfather, or an uncle — answered. And so began the mystery of the big cats in my mind.

Lifelong residents of this area will remember a man of God by the name of Rev. John Hayes Jones. Rev. Jones was probably famous for a lot of things, but in my mind two stand out — catfish and letters to Jesus.

Senate Bill 2607 would offer cities relief by expediting the rapid cleanup of rundown properties. It would allow cities to clean small parcels of rundown property less than one acre in size for which the city spends $250 or less. It would allow up to four cleanings a year for cities with populations of 25,000 or more.

Egyptian hieroglyphics. It is bound to be Egyptian hieroglyphics. Either that or some type of prehistoric cave dwelling drawings. “Has to be one or the other,” I thought. But no. No that’s not what it was at all.